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Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery Departing the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Jennifer Shasky Calvery announced today that she will be leaving her position as Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the end of May. Ms. Calvery has served as FinCEN’s director since September 2012. Her entire career has been spent in service to the public, including…

JENNIFER SHASKY CALVERY, DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

Good morning. I would like to thank ACAMS for inviting me to be a part of its anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crimes conference again this year.

I would like to spend a few minutes this morning discussing an area of longstanding concern at FinCEN: money laundering through real…

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bank Secrecy Act Currency Transaction Report (BCTR) Revised Layout and Proposed Additional Data Fields.-- Comments Recieved
In the Matter of Sparks Nugget, Inc., d/b/a John Ascuaga’s Nugget
Nevada Casino’s Willful Disregard for Anti-Money Laundering Laws Leads to $1 Million FinCEN Penalty

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced a $1 million civil money penalty against Sparks Nugget, Inc. d/b/a John Ascuaga’s Nugget, of Sparks, Nevada. Sparks Nugget admitted that it willfully…

FinCEN Proposes to Amend Definition of Broker-Dealer in Securities to Include Funding Portals

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today proposed to amend the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA) definition of “Broker or Dealer in Securities” in order to ensure that funding portals implement policies and…

Amendments to the Definition of Broker or Dealer in Securities
Amendments to the Definition of Brooker or Dealer in Securities (Crowdfunding)
FBME Bank Ltd.
Imposition of Special Measure against FBME Bank Ltd., formerly known as the Federal Bank of the Middle East Ltd., as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern